Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Special guests from various walks of life invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi
Sarpanches of Vibrant Villages, Teachers, Nurses, Farmers, Fishermen invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations
Several beneficiaries from Telangana who have been associated with best practices in agriculture, fisheries etc., will witness the Independence Day Celebrations as Special Guests at the Red Fort
Around 1,800 special guests from all over India will be attending the Independence Day Flag Hoisting by the Prime Minister of India at the Red Fort on 15th August this year.
As India completes 75 years of Independence this year, sarpanches of Vibrant Villages, Teachers, Nurses, Farmers, Fishermen, Shram Yogis who helped build the Central Vista Project in New Delhi, Khadi sector workers, national award winning School Teachers, Border Roads Organisation workers and those who helped and worked for the Amrit Sarovar Projects and Har Ghar Jal Yojana Projects, implemented in various parts of the country, have been invited along with their spouse to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi this year.
Several beneficiaries along with their spouse from Telangana have been invited to participate in the Independence Day Celebrations this year. They are associated with the Best Practices in Agriculture, fisheries etc., and made them a profitable activity. Beneficiaries from Raithu Pragathi Raithu Uthpatti Darula Paraspara Sahaya Sahakara Sngam Pvt. Ltd., Karimnagar, Bhoosampada Farmers Producers Company Ltd. from Karimnagar, Adilabad and Nizamabad and Central Fisherman Welfare Organisation, Hyderabad will witness the Flag Hoisting Ceremony at Red Fort this year.
Speaking about the invitation to go to the Red Fort on Independence Day, Shri Sanda Mahender, Chairman of Raithu Pragathi Raithu Uthpatti Darula Paraspara Sahaya Sahakara Sngham Pvt. Ltd., Karimnagar expressed his happiness over the recognition to the farmers in the remotest areas of the country, and said this will boost their morale to work much better for the welfare of the farmers in their region. His wife Smt. Sanda Kavitha said that the Krishi Vigyan Kendra set up by Central Government has helped them to achieve this success and thanked them for the support the Kendra has extended to them.
A beneficiary from Bhoosampada Farm Producers Company Limited, Shri Joona Ganapathi Rao said that the Central Government Scheme PM-KISAN has been helping them over the years and was instrumental in bringing revolutionary changes in Agriculture by giving money which is useful as input cost. His wife Smt. Joona Kamala thanked the Central Government for recognizing their efforts in farming and inviting them to participate in the Independence Day Celebrations in Delhi.
PM-KISAN, is a Central Sector Scheme, that aims at providing financial assistance to all cultivable landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria. Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs 6,000/- is transferred annually in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000/- directly into the Aadhaar Seeded bank accounts of the farmers.
Shri Janardhan Gangaputra, National President, Central Fisherman Welfare Organisation, Hyderabad explained how they have adopted best practices in aquaculture and how the Central Government has extended their helping hand for the benefit of fishermen. With the help of Central Government schemes, they are getting mechanized boats and latest equipment in place of traditional equipment which result in good produce and getting good profits. His wife Smt. Rama Sree has expressed her happiness over the invitation and explained how they are inventing latest recopies in fish products and earning money by setting up fish stalls all over the state.